Mark Cuban is not happy with a play that took place with 1:41 left to go in OT on Tuesday night against the Cavaliers. With the Mavericks up 103-102, Deron Williams made a drive to the basket where LeBron James smacked the backboard while the ball was still in play. You can clearly see the ball bounces off the rim after LeBron smacks the backboard.
Got a question for sports science geeks. If an official NBA backboard is hit full force will it cause the rim to move or vibrate ?
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) January 13, 2016
It's fair to think that LeBron smacking the backboard had an affect on how the layup bounced off the rim. The official NBA rule on goaltending states that a player shall not "Vibrate the rim or backboard so as to cause the ball to make an unnatural bounce." The way this rule is worded, it leaves it up to interpretation on what an unnatural bounce is. While the rule may be unclear, it's not unclear how Mark Cuban feels about it. The last time Cuban complained about a rule (defensive 3 seconds), the NBA decided to start actually enforcing it. Go get 'em, Mark.
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